Tucsonans seeking assistance as inflation drives up food prices - KGUN 9 Tucson News

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Tucsonans are seeing prices soar connected basal mundane items.

"Usually we tin get eggs for a mates bucks. We bash cage free. I deliberation it was $8.69 for a battalion of 18 eggs," said shopper, Treshequa Rountree.

As a ma of two, Rountree is feeling the effects of ostentation similar galore crossed Southern Arizona.

"Gas has go much expensive. Everything has go much expensive. Someone who has a afloat clip occupation conscionable can't marque those ends conscionable anymore with the aforesaid magnitude of wealth that's coming in," said Norma Cable with the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.

The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona has seen a 20% summation successful radical successful request of exigency food.

"We've seen that really opening this Summer. That's erstwhile we saw ostentation spike and statesman to beryllium a existent problem," said Cable.

Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona is besides increasing their scope arsenic radical tighten their budgets.

"Almost each of our clients unrecorded connected a fixed income. They don't person the flexibility to beryllium capable to determination with the system arsenic it rises. We're seeing folks that request nutrient due to the fact that they are spending their different currency connected items that they need," said Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona CEO, Robert Jensen.

The Community Food Bank and Mobile Meals request the community's enactment to proceed to supply for those who are struggling.

"We're conscionable benignant of holding our respire and hoping that radical tin inactive beryllium generous erstwhile everyone is facing these rising prices," said Cable.